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Top 45 Female African Bloggers

Written by Justin Hartman · 20 Oct, 2008  Africa, Ranking

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1. FeistyFemale said,

   Wrote on October 20, 2008 @ 10:45

   Mmm, interesting list. Certainly pointed me to some more interesting reading/women. Thanks guys.

2. Melissa Attree said,

   Wrote on October 20, 2008 @ 10:59

   Cool list indeed – nice to see more gals blogging and to discover some new African blogs

3. Galen said,

   Wrote on October 20, 2008 @ 11:40

   It’s great to see the Afrigator team take the time to make such a list. Top drawer!

   It would also be interesting to know what type of blogs these are (i.e. what categories they fall under). Would I be right in saying that they are mostly “life” blogs?

   It’s also interesting to learn that Afrigator updates every four hours (the ranking system at least). A little off topic, but have you guys (and girls) ever thought about creating a manual ping option for bloggers who use Afrigator?

   I really appreciate your site and am excited about it’s recent development(s). Keep up the good work!

   Warm regards
   Galen

4. Noddy badge moment - Top 45 Female African Bloggers | FeistyFemale said,

   Wrote on October 20, 2008 @ 12:01

   [...] Oooooohhhh!!!! Apparently, I’m one of the top Top 45 Female African Bloggers. [...]

5. Andre said,

   Wrote on October 20, 2008 @ 12:27

   With respect, guys. Perhaps a more appropriate title would be “Top 45 Female African Bloggers, who are tracked by Afrigator”.
   Top of my head, I can name 5 female African bloggers who I’d *much* rather read than some of the 45, and who have large audiences. I know it’s meant as kudo’s by you, but the non-qualified title puts down some awesome African Female bloggers.

6. FeistyFemale said,

   Wrote on October 20, 2008 @ 12:36

   Andre – Agreed. Perhaps you should add their names in the comments section??? I would love to see related blogs – while this is a hot topic. The thought/research behind women in the blogging world tickles me pink.

7. Candy said,

   Wrote on October 20, 2008 @ 13:02

   Wow, what a surprise. It’s such an honour to be listed here. Thank you.

8. Chris M said,

   Wrote on October 20, 2008 @ 13:17

   One correction, ‘Through My Own Eyes’ is a blog with the URL – http://www.deshantan.blogspot.com/ – Last time I checked, ‘Deshantan’ was a boys name, not so? Regardless, I’m sure he’s stoked with the free link love

   Research carefully

   I also agree with Andre, these are Afrigator tracked blogs, if this were the case, I’d be the no2 blog in Africa, which is definitely not correct!

   Good post though! Us bloggers are stats junkies afterall.

9. justB[coz] » Blog Archive » I made it onto “a list” said,

   Wrote on October 20, 2008 @ 13:32

   [...] see your rank, check out the table here: [...]

10. Jackie said,

    Wrote on October 20, 2008 @ 13:36

    Great to be on the list and congrats to all the others

11. afrigator loves me | inside candy said,

    Wrote on October 20, 2008 @ 13:38

    [...] just received a note from Afrigator explaining that I’m number 22 in their current list of Top 45 Female African Bloggers.  In addition to my delight at receiving such a notification, the list led me to discover [...]

12. Justin Hartman said,

    Wrote on October 20, 2008 @ 13:57

    @Andre I hear what you are saying but on the flip side it might encourage other African female bloggers to be a part of the list. In our caveats we clearly state where and how this list was made and to be honest as the post comes from Afrigator it’s a little stupid to add “as ranked by Afrigator” to a title.

13. Lester Hein said,

    Wrote on October 20, 2008 @ 14:06

    @andre We’re not out to try to put down the bloggers we don’t know, but rather give props to the ones we do know. I agree with Feisty Female, drop us a comment with links to some of the great blogs you know of, so we to can share in their writing.

    @Chris, sadly, we don’t have a gender indicator in our db (yet) so most of this required going to the blogger’s page and checking it out. ‘Deshantan’ is a guy’s name but ‘Deshanta’ is a girl’s (in one case Deshanta Naidoo) so you can see how easy it was to get a little mixed up. As we said it was a manual exercise, so we apologize for any errors.

14. Tania said,

    Wrote on October 20, 2008 @ 14:31

    Well, wow, I would never have guessed my blog was this popular. Helen Zille just won an international award as the best mayor in the world, and now I am more popular than the world’s best mayor. That’s terrible! I must be doing something wrong! I have failed! I have become mainstream!

15. Andre said,

    Wrote on October 20, 2008 @ 14:47

    Feisty Female:
    So gevra, so gemaak

    Shebee (If these walls could talk v4.0 ~ http://www.shebee.co.za)
    EXMI (Expensive Mistakes Cheap Thrills ~ http://expensivemistakescheapthrills.co.za)
    Sam Wilson (all over http://www.Women24.com and http://womenblogs.24.com/ViewBlog.aspx?blogid=550ac8ff-45ff-4c7c-9a73-f5c282202676 Yeah, I know. Helluva URL, huh?)
    Wenchy (A Bit of That ~ http://thenocturnalwench.wordpress.com/)
    Cath (Random thoughts from underneath the table v3.0 ~ http://cathjenkin.wordpress.com/)
    Msbehavn (Shared Insight ~ http://msbehavn.blogspot.com/)
    Niki (Wikidknickers ~ http://wikidknickers.co.za/)

16. Cape Town's Favourite Son said,

    Wrote on October 20, 2008 @ 15:07

    It’s good to see so many female bloggers making their mark. Would be interesting to see what the ratio between male / female bloggers are in South Africa currently.

17. FeistyFemale said,

    Wrote on October 20, 2008 @ 15:21

    @Andre Ag dankie mr! Dis so min, dat ‘n man actually vir my luister!!!

    You right (don’t make it a habit though). I also enjoy reading Niki, Cath, SheBee and EXMI. Will have to go check out Sam and Wenchy. Thanks for posting the links!

18. Pam Sykes said,

    Wrote on October 20, 2008 @ 15:25

    Nice list, guys! There are also some awesome blogs by ZA women on craft and design — have a look at http://www.skinnylaminx.com (by Heather Moore who also does the Elle Decor blog) and fa.mielie.com, both of which will send you off in other directions as well. The craft bloggers don’t get much recognition in the geekier end of the ZA blog community but they’re very well-connected. Influential, even (at the risk of restarting a tired debate .

19. sass said,

    Wrote on October 20, 2008 @ 19:23

    wow, can’t believe i squeaked onto this list! awesome, though yeah, there are some other amazing female s.a. bloggers out there with lots more readers. i’ve stumbled across a lot of the blogs listed, but cool to discover some others i’ll definitely be surfing by!
    thanks afrigator!

20. Abdullatif said,

    Wrote on October 20, 2008 @ 19:32

    I think there is a Libyan blogger should be in the list.
    Khadija Teri

21. i’m one of afrigator’s top women bloggers! « My Whorl said,

    Wrote on October 20, 2008 @ 20:02

    [...] uhm,  not quite, but i did manage to just squeak onto their top 45 female african bloggers list. and i’m in damn good company, if i say so [...]

22. Tertia Albertyn said,

    Wrote on October 20, 2008 @ 20:27

    I don’t know, I think it is a perfectly lovely list. Very good taste. Well done!

23. anne said,

    Wrote on October 20, 2008 @ 20:30

    Don’t miss Sokari Ekine, who blogs at http://www.blacklooks.org/, and Ory Okolloh at http://www.kenyanpundit.com/

24. Chris M said,

    Wrote on October 20, 2008 @ 20:34

    @Lester – Ye, absolutely Just pointing it out..

25. HoTsTePPa said,

    Wrote on October 20, 2008 @ 21:16

    @Lester – Honest mistake dude… Deshantan (I am the only one, as my name was made up by my folks) is a male name, but its all good!

    Great work with the list and well done ladies! I’ve always said that the blogging community is a very small one in SA and seems to be a very closed circle. It’s great to see so many blogs that I have not read before, so this is awesome!

    @Lester – If u know Deshanta Naidoo, please tell her to stop giving out my email address…cos i keep getting her bloody spam!

26. Ramon Thomas said,

    Wrote on October 21, 2008 @ 06:38

    Have you considered Damaria Senne in your poll? Add her on Facebook and also view her blog STORYPOT here. Damaria was the keynote speaker at the 3rd annual Digital Citizen Indaba during 6-9 September 2008.

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    Wrote on October 21, 2008 @ 08:26

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28. Juno said,

    Wrote on October 21, 2008 @ 11:09

    Much wailing and beating of breasts over at Salmagundi.

29. Africa Expat Wife said,

    Wrote on October 21, 2008 @ 11:10

    Hey thanks! I am very proud to be number 18 on this list. Being an absolute computer idiot, unable to work out how to create links on my blog etc I am very glad I at least worked out how to join Afrigator!

30. Throwing toys and burning bra’s | CLUCKHOFF said,

    Wrote on October 21, 2008 @ 11:39

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31. Richard Catto said,

    Wrote on October 21, 2008 @ 12:31

    I found this list via Candy’s awesome blog (Inside Candy).

    Congrats to all listed here. Many of these blogs are unknown to me, so I’m going to have fun visiting them.

    I’m going to take a wild stab, though, and guess that you don’t have a corresponding list of Top 45 Male bloggers, because, by default bloggers are male, unless otherwise specified, right? Right?

    @Lester Hein: I think you should absolutely rectify your lack of full personal details in your database of bloggers. In addition to capturing gender information, I think you need to add birthday, star sign, and turn ons, just so we are all on the same page, mkay?

32. Typ0 said,

    Wrote on October 21, 2008 @ 14:47

    Being on this list totally made my day! I am honoured to have my name listed next to (under, over, near) the amazingly talented women on this list.

    This is list is eye opening. Great idea, Afrigator! Thank you.

33. Black Looks said,

    Wrote on October 21, 2008 @ 14:47

    [...] am relieved to find that some people are actually reading this space. A great weight has been lifted off my shoulders, thank you [...]

34. Jeanne said,

    Wrote on October 21, 2008 @ 14:56

    Hey – thrilled to find myself on the list! But i do agree that the title needs to be more accurate – these are the top 45 African female blogs RANKED BY AFRIGATOR….

    Agree with a previous commenter that the SA blogging scene seems to be so fragmented, with each niche just ploughing their own furrow as if the other niches don’t exist, and the general public thinking all blogs are either political or 20-something guys posting jokes and lots of pics of Paris Hilton. Lovely to see some under-exposed blogs given a bit of a spotlight – I can see some additions to my blogroll looming!!

35. Loy Okezie said,

    Wrote on October 21, 2008 @ 19:58

    Wow! What an interesting list…I follow Black looks from Nigeria. I think that Ladybrille is written by a Nigerian female blogger named Uduak. It seems to be added as a South African blog. Great work, Justin!

36. R said,

    Wrote on October 21, 2008 @ 20:28

    Delighted to be in such distinguished company.

37. StartupsNigeria » Afrigator’s Top 45 Female African Bloggers…Who’s That Girl? said,

    Wrote on October 21, 2008 @ 20:43

    [...] Hartman of Afrigator has just compiled a list of the Top 45 Female African Bloggers, and I thought I should share it here. The list includes only 3 female Nigerian bloggers, namely [...]

38. Miss Cheri said,

    Wrote on October 22, 2008 @ 11:06

    Thank you very much. It is a real honor.

39. Mr E. Bazanye said,

    Wrote on October 22, 2008 @ 15:37

    My hero.

40. Libby said,

    Wrote on October 23, 2008 @ 13:29

    Wow, thanks Afrigator. I feel honoured to be on the list, especially since I haven’t blogged in a while. This was all the encouragement I needed to get back to my blog.

41. susan said,

    Wrote on October 24, 2008 @ 22:53

    where is NAIJAGAL on this list? She is ranked top 10 in Nigeria on Afrigator and we love her site

    http://naijagal.blogspot.com

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    Wrote on October 28, 2008 @ 04:15

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    Wrote on October 28, 2008 @ 14:07

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44. Top 45 Female African Bloggers , Tanzania Hakuna kitu - JamiiForums.com said,

    Wrote on October 28, 2008 @ 14:42

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45. Mel said,

    Wrote on October 30, 2008 @ 12:01

    Hey, cool to be on the list with other amazing chicks out there! Off to find some new blogs.
    xxx

46. Ordinary Life said,

    Wrote on October 30, 2008 @ 12:59

    Thank you. I see I made it onto your list. However, I have since changed my blog’s address so the link in the list above no longer works.

    My new address is http://pamiejane.wordpress.com

47. Dayo Akande said,

    Wrote on October 31, 2008 @ 22:29

    It is awesome and fantastic to see women expressing themselves to the world through their various blog site. I am very proud of them. let them keep up the good work. Great things are happening on the African continent.

48. Expensive Mistakes and Cheap Thrills » AfriGreator said,

    Wrote on November 4, 2008 @ 08:10

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    Wrote on November 4, 2008 @ 11:34

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50. Africa’s top female bloggers « said,

    Wrote on November 5, 2008 @ 13:44

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51. African bloggers : The Next Women said,

    Wrote on November 7, 2008 @ 11:57

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52. Afrigator : connaissez-vous la blogosphère africaine ? said,

    Wrote on November 11, 2008 @ 04:09

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53. ladie1 said,

    Wrote on November 19, 2008 @ 01:06

    HOW IS IT THAT LADYBRILLE IS SOUTH AFRICAN? I GUESS IF YOU ARE SOUTH AFRICAN YOU GET RANKED HIGHER. THE AFRICAN WAY HMM AFRIGATOR?

54. Justin Hartman said,

    Wrote on November 19, 2008 @ 15:34

    Hi ladie1

    We do not determine the country of origin when a blogger signs up – this is up to the blogger to chose when joining Afrigator. The ranking of Ladybrille has little to do with the country of origin and more to do with traffic and links from other blogs.

    This is how we formulated the list. I hope this clarifies things for you?

55. Ladybrille said,

    Wrote on December 10, 2008 @ 02:48

    Hi Ethan,

    Thank you and your Afrigator team. That must have been lots and lots of work vetting and just researching all that. We are flattered!! Yes, the owner of Ladybrille is Uduak Oduok, yours truly writing this note. I am indeed of Nigerian heritage and based in California, USA.

    Justin you mention an affiliation by country is done by the blogger when they sign up. I will check it out if I can remember the password etc. I signed up for Afrigator a long long time ago when I was so not internet savvy, at all!

    Thank you. Again, we are honored and myself and my team work quite hard so it is great to see people are reading and paying attention.

    Cheers,

    Uduak Oduok
    Editor-in-Chief
    LADYBRILLE BLOGAZINE
    Where the West Meets Today’s African Fashion Industry
    http://www.ladybrille.com
    http://www.myspace.com/ladybrille
    http://blog.ladybrille.com

56. Sophie said,

    Wrote on December 19, 2008 @ 04:25

    Keep up good job Ladies,herer is another female blogger from Tanzania
    http://absolutelyawesomethings.blogspot.com/ and http://sophiasclub.blogspot.com/

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    Wrote on February 5, 2009 @ 20:09

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    Wrote on February 5, 2009 @ 21:57

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60. Congogirl said,

    Wrote on February 6, 2009 @ 10:45

    Interesting that there are no blogs from francophone countries on here. I noticed the same thing on a recent link I came across for “best blogs for learning about Africa.” If Africa = Anglophone countries, I suppose this is accurate.

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    Wrote on February 8, 2009 @ 01:25

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62. Ronke said,

    Wrote on March 4, 2009 @ 20:54

    great work folks be sure to check out the new list and add this one to it

    http://www.workforcenigeria.com

    High paying jobs in Africa

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    Wrote on March 22, 2009 @ 19:52

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    Wrote on July 8, 2009 @ 09:51

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66. mother Africa said,

    Wrote on November 10, 2009 @ 05:22

    I’ve been looking for a list like this for quite a long time. I found a list online which wasn’t that helpful! but this list looks great! Thanks very much for sharing!

67. Jackie said,

    Wrote on January 20, 2010 @ 10:35

    Thanks. I am thrilled I made the list again with one of my blogs as there are so many great bloggers on it. Plus a few I haven’t come across before and I will pop in to visit

68. Jackie said,

    Wrote on January 20, 2010 @ 10:37

    LOL at me………just noticed the date and see it is the old list that you sent the link for in your newsletter

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